Hacks!

22Jun

I need to rant/vent a bit. I just saw a personal slam on someone’s blog and since I can’t respond directly to him, I’m going to take the passive/aggressive route and vent here.

This rant is about a ‘pro’ cyclist…well, he just turned pro which means that he must know what he’s doing right? Well, apparently, we have continually ‘stolen’ race wins from him. After some research, here is what I found:

He has ridden through the finish line on a cool down lap, was scored on that later lap per the officials, and then protested. (This happened more than once).

He did not pass through the finish, but still expected to be scored

He put his cables in front of his plate and expected the officials and us to score him correctly.

Is this how a pro rides? Really?

Having worked with true pros, here is what I have found:

Pros DO NOT ride through the finish unless they are finishing (with the exception of criteriums or short tracks)

Pros KNOW where the finish is even when they are ‘bleeding out of their eyeballs’ (thanks Dave Towle for that one!)

They want their money and do everything possible to make sure their numbers (body, frame, helmet, bib, whatever) is legible…especially at the finish